Meat Information and Recipes
Information about and recipes for beef, pork, ham, veal, lamb, and venison
Beef & Pork Roasting Charts  Roasting times for the most popular cuts of beef and pork + braising less tender cuts of beef. Grilling Times  A chart of suggested grilling times for some of the most commom cuts of meat and poultry Hamburgers & Hot Dogs - All-American Food!  These Summer holiday favorites are at the top of the list of foods most associated with America. Kabobs  Kabobs make outdoor entertaining festive and fun. They can be easily assembled ahead of time, grilled to perfection in minutes and there´s little clean up after the meal.
Make A Meatloaf Tonight  There´s no main dish more comforting, satisfying, and easy to fix than meatloaf. Add a new twist to your old favorite meatloaf recipe, or try one one of these. Versatile Ground Beef  Ground Beef accounts for 45 percent of all beef sold in the U.S. It´s easily transformed into meatballs, meatloaves, sauces, stews, and an endless variety of one-dish meals. About the Ham  How do you choose the best ham? Should you buy fully cooked or uncooked, wet-cured or dry cured, bone-in, semi-boneless or boneless. Will you get a whole ham, a shank half, a butt half, or a canned ham? Beef Cooking Basics [offsite link] From Beef, It´s What´s for Dinner - Preparing beef for cooking; Cooking methods... should you cook it broil it, roast it, grill it, stir-fry?; Cooking equipment - pots & pans, sizes, etc. Beef Cuts [offsite link] Click on a section - chuck, rib, loin, round, or flank to see pictures of the cuts made from each section with descriptions and suggested cooking methods. Beef Steak Color Guide - Degrees of Doneness [offsite link] A steak color guide shows you what internal temperature to reach for your preferred level of doneness. Carving Meat & Poultry [offsite link] Anyone who has ever tried to carve a turkey or a leg of lamb can tell you it is not as easy as it appears. It´s easy to carve a solid mass of lean meat but what do you do when bones, gristle, and tendons interfere with the easy progress of the knife?
Food Safety Publications to Read & Print [offsite link] An extensive list of printable brochures for eggs, poultry & beef. Topics include bag lunches, food-borne illness, freezing thawing, seasonal food safety and much more. Grilling 101 [offsite link] Tips on the basics of grilling your favorite cuts of pork from "Pork - The other White Meat" How to Carve A Ham [offsite link] Illustrated directions for carving a whole ham, a shank half of ham and a rump half of ham. Lamb Cuts [offsite link] Click on a section - shoulder, ribs, loin, leg, or breast, to see pictures of the cuts from each section with descriptions and cooking methods. Making Sausages at Home [offsite link] Information, recipes, and tips for homemade sausage making and sausage stuffing. Perfectly Grilled Steaks [offsite link] The right cut and a smartly built fire can blaze the way to tender, juicy steak with just a hint of smoke.
Pork Cooking Timetable [offsite link] A chart with recommended times for roasting, cooking and broiling/grilling pork and pork products. Pork Loin Cuts [offsite link] From the Cook´s Thesaurus,
The loin is the leanest and most tender pork. This page describes pork loin cuts and has detailed pictures of each one. Pork Marinades & Rubs [offsite link] Whether you are seasoning your pork chop with a rub or marinating your pork tenderloin with a homemade concoction, here´s tips for garnishing. Rib Revelations [offsite link] The hidden secrets of heavenly ribs revealed - How to choose ´em, how to cook ´em and how to savor every mouthful. View online in PDF format. Smithfield Hams - Ham Owner´s Maunal [offsite link] Preparing, cooking, carving, and storing a ham. Click on "Recipe Corner" on the left, for ham rcipes too.
Steaks at the Stake [offsite link] An unbelievable selection of steak recipes from Beef Tips.com! Tips for Grilling a Steak  You can grill a steak just about any time of year for a quick and tasty meal. Here´s how...from BellaOnline´s Low Carb host.
USDA Meat And Poultry Hotline! Call 1-800-535-4555 [offsite link] You can also E-mail them for answers to your questions on safe storage, safe handling, safe preparation,
product content, power outage and much more! The email address is mphotline.fsis@usda.gov
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